Tatum O'Neal Had A Troubled Relationship With Her Father Ryan O'Neal

Tatum O'Neal's life followed the arc of other troubled children of Hollywood stars as she battled drug addiction and depression, even attempting to take her own life. ABC reports Ryan O'Neal took custody of Tatum and Griffin O'Neal as their mother, Joanna Moore, struggled with addiction. Tatum followed in her parents' acting footsteps and at

Tatum O'Neal's life followed the arc of other troubled children of Hollywood stars as she battled drug addiction and depression, even attempting to take her own life. ABC reports Ryan O'Neal took custody of Tatum and Griffin O'Neal as their mother, Joanna Moore, struggled with addiction. Tatum followed in her parents' acting footsteps and at age 10, became the youngest actor to win an Oscar for her role in "Paper Moon" alongside her father.

Tatum claimed that was when everything changed. She admitted on "Larry King Live" that a friend told her Ryan had a violent meltdown over the nomination and punched her in the face — a memory that Tatum had blocked from her mind. Tatum told NBC that her father's jealousy, volatile behavior, drug use, and womanizing caused her insurmountable anxiety as a child. "Am I going to be loved today?" she'd ask herself. "It's hard to grow up like that," she admitted.

In her memoir "A Paper Life" (via the Independent), Tatum claimed her dad encouraged her to use cocaine to lose weight, which soon turned into an addiction. Ryan denied the allegations and insisted Tatum had a "wonderful" upbringing. "She met Queen Elizabeth!" he told Piers Morgan. However, he conceded to Vanity Fair that he had been a "hopeless father" to his "b***h" daughter. Ryan also confessed to not recognizing Tatum at Farrah Fawcett's funeral and accidentally hitting on her. "That's our relationship in a nutshell," Tatum said. "You make of it what you will."

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